Oooohhhh, that Pooh Bear!!

Yesterday morning was tough. The weekend had been very busy with lots of family and trips all over the place. I heard the alarm, got up & decided to give the Bug a quick nudge before showering. She mumbled and rolled over, I told her she needed to be ready to get up when I was done.


About 10 minutes later I reminded her it was time to get up, she wasn't so excited.

Another 5 minutes had passed and she still wasn't moving....



Me: Bug, you need to get up for school and to see your grandparents.

Bug: But I'm tired.....

Me: I know, but you don't want to be late. (she absolutely can't stand missing the chance to walk to school)

Bug: Momma, I'm trying but Pooh Bear won't let me get up!!

Ooohhh, that little Pooh Bear, trying to get the Bug in Trouble..... So I had to go over, give him kisses to wake up and then they were off to get dressed.

Here he is dressed and ready for the day....

That Pooh Bear, somedays he tries so hard to have the Bug take the day off.

The "real" animals at KZ

Friday was a little to hot for playing outside and some neighbors decided we would head to Kangaroo Zoo for some a/c'd play time for the kids.

After playing for a while, Mari came to me and asked, "So when do we get to see the REAL animals?"

Nothing like going to the ZOO and not seeing what you were expecting!

Dr. Mari, pt 2

To continue with my cute little Dr...

*Ring, ring* goes the phone.

Mari: Hi, Mama! What'cha doing?

Me: Finishing up so I can come home. How are you and Daddy?

Mari: We're good. You want to come home & see what happened to me?

Me: *awful visions of cuts, wrecked bikes, etc, going through my head*. Sure, but what happened?

Mari: I have a broken arm!! *in the happiest, sweetest voice*

Me: You do?! *trying to smother a gasp, but also thinking if it were serious I REALLY would have gotten a call before now*

Mari: Yep!

Me: Did you wrap it?

Mari: Sure did, and Daddy made me a sling! Are you coming home?

Me: *sighing in relief* I will be home as soon as I can so you can show me your "broken" arm.

Now I have to wonder if I've got a budding medical genius or a consumate actress on my hands.

Dr. Mari

Lately I've had some complaints from Mari about wanting me home....

Yesterday was quite the busy day for us. We had prep for church, frantic hustle to church (which was not a success), singing in Sacrament meeting, singing in Primary, singing for Choir practice. Home for a quick dinner, then gather stuff for choir practice for the Days of 47 Sunrise Service. While I was getting ready to leave, I had cute Dr. Mari come to me.

Mari: Please sit down.

Me: What's up?

Mari: You've got a broken arm. I need to wrap it.

Me: Are you sure (with a little bit of eye-rolling).

Mari: Yes! *silence while she takes an ace bandage to my left arm* There, you're all done. Wait!!! You have a broken leg too, let me wrap it.

Me: Ok, if you're sure... (all while trying to make plans with a cousin over the phone for our family reunion).

Mari: You'll be ok.

Me: Alright, I've got to go, now.

Mari: No!! You can't leave for practice, your arm & leg are broken!

Think she's trying to tell me something???

Two Quick Things....

I promised to put this up right away... so here goes:

Banana Bread
1/2 c. shortening
1 c. sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
3 mashed bananas
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
2 c flour


Mix together, pour into pan & bake @350 for 1 hour. Mine oven tends to take a little longer so I have to let it cook for an extra 15 mins, usually.
Today I added about 1/3 bag of chocolate chips & it was just right!


The other thing I mentioned is a new blog my girlfriend Joey found for crockpot recipes...www.365daysofcrockpot.blogspot.com

See?!?!?!?!?? I promised.

I am still alive

I just got told by Amy that my blog has died, since there haven't been any new posts in a while. Ok, ok, QUITE a while.

I'm going to work on correcting that, starting with this.

I have a bunch of picture to download and stories to tell. I'm planning on staying home & sleeping (a bunch) this weekend, all by myself. And I'll do my best to get some new and exciting stuff up.

Heather